March 03, 2014
The struggle over the future of Ukraine continues. Even as ousted President Viktor Yanukovych looks to Russia for assistance, interim President Olexander Turchynov pushes the other way—calling for closer ties with the European Union. The battle is over a lot more than economic issues, of course, but the event that sparked the protests that toppled Yanukovych was his rejection of an EU trade treaty and his decision to forge closer ties with Russia.